Combination comb and stretching pin



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Patented Feb. 28, 1939 2 148 927 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION COMB AND STRETCHING PIN Elisha. A. Conway, Williamsport, Pa.

Application September 16, 1937, Serial No. 164,225

4 Claims. (01. 132-49) In the making of permanent waves in the hair, l4 being received in the enlargements 4 of the it is necessary to use a comb and a stretching pin. slot 3. The shoulder 9 on the spring latch 6 These are separate implements and the operator, engages with the keeper IE on the shank i i of ordinarily, has to lay down one of them and take the comb and holds the inner end of the shank 5 up the other. This invention aims to provide a M against the abutment 5, a secure connection 5 novel means whereby the stretching pin and the between the comb and the handle thus being comb are combined in a single article. Another afforded. Owing to the fact that the tongue 8 object of the invention is to provide novel means of the latch 6 is disposed at an acute angle to whereby the stretching pin constitutes means for the upper edge of the body I I of the comb l 0, the holding the comb in place. Another object of the operator can insert his finger nail readily under 10 invention is to supply novel means for assembling the tongue 8 and detach the shoulder 9 of the the comb with. the handle. latch 6 from the keeper N5 of the comb II].

It is within the province of the disclosure to It will be noted, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, that improve generally and to enhance the utility of the device combines in one article, a comb I0 5 devices of that type to which the present invenand a stretching pin 2 assembled with a handle tion appertains. i, a single implement, to all intents and purposes, With the above and other objects in View, which taking t e Place of W p e s, t e W rk of will appear as the description proceeds, the int e Operato be fac accordinglyvention resides in the combination and arrange- When combs are interchanged on the handle ment of parts and in the details of construction I, the shanks H! of the combs may not abut 20 hereinafter described and claimed, it being unagainst the part 5 of the handle I, as in Fig. 3, derstood that changes in the precise embodiment and an insecure connection between the comb of the invention hereindisclosed, may be made a the a d y t. In O de to avo d within the scope of what is claimed, Without dethat contingency, the structure shown in 5 5 parting from the spirit of the invention. of the drawing may be used.

In the accompanying drawing; In Fig. 5, parts hereinbefore described have Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, a device conbeen designated by numerals Previously used, structed in accordance with the invention; W the suffix a. In this form of the inven- Fig. 2 is a top plan; tion, the stretching pin 2a is threaded into the Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section; handle la at 19 and may be advanced so that it 30 Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 44 will form a stop for the inner end of the shank of Fig. 1; Ma of the comb Illa and enable the shoulder Fig. 5 is a fragmental longitudinal section 9a of the latch 6a to engage properly with the showing a modification. keeper l6a of the comb. Considered in another Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a modification. li h h shoulder 9 m y be engaged wi h 35 Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, the numeral l marks k ep r fi and the stretching p a y be a handle. In the rear end of the handle, a vanced, to bind the keeper l6a against the shoulstretching pin 2 is secured. A slot 3 is formed der 9a of t e atch 6 111 a y e a sec in the forward end of the handle I in the diamconnection between the comb and the handle la eter of the handle, as Fig. 4 will show. Intermeis afforded and there will be no looseness in the 40 diate its edges, the slot 3 has enlargements 4. At connection between these parts. one end of the slot 3, an abutment 5 (Fig. 3) is In Fi 6, p r hereinbefore described v formed in the handle I. been designated by numerals already used with A spring latch 6 is seated in a recess in the the sufiix b. In Fig. 6, the comb Illb has a handle I and is secured to the handle as shown at recess I! in its edge, along which extends a rod 45 I. At its forward end, the latch G has an out- !8 having its ends connected to the comb. The wardly inclined tongue 3 provided with a transrod bounds one edge of the recess, and the recess verse shoulder 9, located in the slot 3. may be used to receive a part of the shaft of a The numeral It) marks a comb. The comb l0 tightening roll, the device then becoming a includes a body H and teeth i2. The shank of wrench to enable the roll to be turned, so that 50 the comb is marked by the numeral It and has the hair can be tightened about it. oppositely disposed ribs 15. In the edge of the Having thus described the invention, what is comb 10, a keeper or notch I6 is formed. claimed is:

The shank M of the comb I0 is inserted into 1. In a device of the class described, a handle, the slot 3 of the handle I, the ribs I5 of the shank a stretching pin on one end of the handle, a

comb, and means for connecting the comb detachably with the opposite end of the handle, the stretching pin being threaded for adjustment into the handle and engaging the inner end of the comb to position the comb properly for engagement by said means.

2. In a device of the class described, a handle, a stretching pin on one end of the handle, a comb having .a keeper, and means engageable with the keeper for connecting the comb detachably with the opposite end of the handle, the stretching pin being threaded for adjustment into the handle and engaging the inner end of the comb to advance the comb and to cause the keeper to bind against said means.

3. In a device of the class described, a handle, and a comb carried by the handle,-the comb having a recess, the comb having a member extending along the recess, said member and the recess forming a socket whereby the implement may be used as a tightening device.

4. In a device of the class described, a handle provided in one end with a slot extended entirely through the handle transversely and terminated at its inner end within the handle, the slot having lateral longitudinal enlargements located in the handle, a comb including a shank received in the slot, the shank having oppositelydisposed ribs receivedin the enlargements, the shank having a keeper in one edge, and a spring latch strip secured at one end to the handle, the latch strip forming a closure for so much of the slot as lies immediately behind said edge of the comb, the opposite end of the latch strip having means for engaging the keeper detachably, the latch strip being exposed, whereby an operator may raise said opposite end of the latch strip, to disengage the last-specified means from the keeper.

ELISHA A. CONWAY. 

